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1^  No.  4.] 

ATIVES,  September  17,  1863.— Read 
first  and  second  times,  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Commerce,  and 
ordered  to  be  printed. 

[By  Mr.  Miles.] 

J^   BILL 

To  regulate  the  Navigation  of  the  Confederate  States  and  to  establish 
Direct  Trade  with  foreign  nations. 

1  Section  I.   The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do^ 

2  ordadn^  That  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  anj  goods,  wares^  merchan- 

3  dize,  or  p^'oductions  of  any  kind,  to  be  imported  into  the  Con- 

4  federate  States  from  foreign  nations,  excepting  in  vessels  belong- 

5  ing  to  the  Confederate  States,  or  in  vessels  belonging  to  the 

6  nation  where  such  goods,  wares,  merchandzie  or  productions  were 

7  manufactured  or  produced,  or  from  which  they  can  only  be,  or 

8  usually  are,  shipped  for  transportation. 

1  Sec.  2.   And  he  it  further  ordaired,  That  no  goods,  wares,  mer- 

2  chandize  or  productions,  shall  be  imported  from  one  port  of  the 

3  Confederate  States  to  another  port  of  the  Confedei-ate  States,  ia 

4  a  vessel  belonging  wholly  or  in  part  to  a  citizen  or  subject  of  any 

5  foreign  power :  but  this  clause  shall  not  be  intended  to  prohibit 


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S  the  sailing  of  anj  foreign  vessel  from  one  to  another  port  of  the 

7  Confederate  States :  Provided,  No  goods,  wares,  merchandize  or 

8  productions,  other  than  those  imported  in  such  vessel  from  some 

9  foreign  port,  and  which   shall   not  have  been  unladed,  ^all  be 

10  carried  from  one  port  or  place  to  another  in  the  Confederate 

11  States. 

1  Sf.c.  3.  And  be  it  further  ordained,  That  all  goods,  wares,  mer- 

2  chandizc  and  productions  imported  contrary  to  the  prohibitions 

3  contained  in  the  above  clauses  of  this  Act,  and  the  vessel  wherein 

4  the  Bame   shall  bo  imported,  together  with  her  cargo,   tackle, 

5  a])parel  and  furniture,  shall  be  forfeited  to  the  Confederate  States, 

6  and  being  condemned  and  sold,  by  due  process  of  law,  one-half 

7  of  the  luoney  resulting  thereirom  shall  be  paid  to  the  informer, 

8  and  the  other  half  thereof  shall  be  paid  into  the  Treasury  of  the 

9  Confederate  States. 

1  Sec.  4.   And  be  it  further  ordained,    That  should  any  vessel 

2  whatever  bring  into  the  Confulerate  States,  from  any  foreign 

3  nation,  on  this  continent,  by  sea  or  by  the  waters  of  any  river  or 

4  bay,  any  gootls,  wares,  merchandize  or  productions  not  manufac- 

5  tured  or  produced  by  the  nation  from  which  said  vessel  shall 

6  come,  the  said  vessel,  with  her  cargo,  tackle,  apparel  and  furni- 

7  ture,  Bhall  be   forfeited  to    the   Confederate    States,   and  being 

8  condemned  and  sold,  by   due  process  of  law,   one-half  of  the 

9  money  resulting  thereform  shall  bo  paid  to  the  informer,  and  the 


s 

10  other  half  thereof  shall  be  paid  into  the  Treasury  of  the  Confede- 

1 1  rate  States. 

1  Sec.  5.  And  be  it  further  ordained,  That  should  any  Railroad  in 

2  in  the  Confederate  States,  bring  into  the  Confederate  States,  or 
8  carry  on  its  rails,  any  goods,  wares,  merchandize  or  productions, 

4  not  manufactured  or  produced  in  any  foreign  country,  on  this 

5  continent,  from  which  they  are  immediately  brought — the  said 

6  goods,  wares,  merchandize  or  productions,  shall  be  forfeited  to 

7  the  Confederate  States,  and  being  condemned  and  sold  by  due 

8  process  of  law,  one-half  of  the  money  resulting  therefrom  sball  be 

9  paid  to  the  informer,  and  the  other  half  thereof  shall  be  paid  into  the 

10  Treasury  of  the  Confederate  States;  and  the  railroad  shall  forfeit 

1 1  and  pay  to  the  Confederate  States  ten  times  the  value  of  the  goods, 

12  wares,  merchandize  or  productions,  so  brought  into  the  Confede- 

13  rate  Slates  ;  and  in  order  to  enforce  the  prompt  payment  of  said 

14  forfeiture,  any  of  the  collectors  of  the  Confederate   States  shall 

15  have  the  power,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  arrest,  and  take  into 

16  hie  possession,  all  the  engines  and  cars  of  said  railroad,  and  to 

17  stop  its  operations  until  the  said  forfeiture  shall  be  fully  settled 

18  and  paid. 

1  Sec.  6.  And  he  it  furtlier  ordained,  That  the  laws  of  the  Unites 

2  States,  regulating  the  registering,  enrollment,  licensing,  clearing 

3  entry  and  consignments  of  vessels,  owned  by  the  citizens  of  the 

4  Confederate  States,  or  by  citizens    of  foreign   nations,  with   the 


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5  fees  incidental  thereto,  shall  be  in  force  in  the  Confederate  States, 

6  so  far  as  they  may  be  applicable. 

1  Sec.  7.  AjuI  be  it  further  ordained,  That  the  colonies  of  foreign 

2  nations  shall  be  deemed  a  part  of  the  nations  to  -which  they  be- 
S  long,  and  shall  be  entitled  to  all  the  privileges  conferred  on  said 
4  nations. 


